For my Fashion course I had to research, interview and write a feature article on someone in the Fashion industry. Given my interest in photography and how fashion is depicted I knew I had to interview Rose Bertwistle of Fallen Rose Media. I am a huge fan of her work. She is a very talented, kind, funny and wonderful young lady. I have even been lucky enough to work with her before on a couple of shoots. Rose is very creative and fashion focused so I knew she was the perfect person to interview.
It may surprise you that one of Brisbane’s new young talents, fashion photographer Rose Bertwistle, has never had any actual training.
It was as a cinematography student that she was encouraged to take up shooting stills.
“I’ve never looked back since,” she said.
Since Bertwistle started her own business, she has been published in Peppermint magazine and gained the acclaim of seasoned photographers.
Rose’s work is typified by her soft vintage style enhancing the natural aesthetics of her subjects rather than resorting to extensive retouching.
Originality and storytelling is an important factor in Rose’s vision for her work and she pays special attention to styling and emotions conveyed.
For a finished photo to reach fruition, Rose invests time conceptualising the idea before developing it further with regular collaborators before securing a team for the shoot.
Not only for her love of new places and culture but in order to get more work, Rose sees travel as inevitable.
“The fact of the matter is, there is little to no paid work here.
“International designers go to teams down there [Sydney and Melbourne], not to us,” she said.
Eventually Rose hopes to make it to Melbourne or Paris as she does not see fashion photography taking off in Brisbane anytime soon
“I hope it does [take off]. There’s a lot of talent here.
“It should be seen,” she said.
Her advice for up and coming photographers and fashion designers is to choose a model to suit your garment.
“You wouldn’t get a Gold Coast bikini babe with fake everything to model your haute couture gown.
“You know your garment and what you want to say with it, so choose a model who is right for it.”
Rose’s deliberate selection of models is evident in her work with tall slender girls for high fashion; lush classic beauties for her vintage inspired imagery; and seasoned, fine art models that can morph from look to look like chameleons.
She also makes use of actors for her work for their evident ease in front of the camera and refined ability bring emotion into an image by ‘acting in still shots’.
It is Rose’s left of the middle approach to fashion photography that sets her apart from the rest. In her cinematic setting garments take on new life and energy, meshing seamlessly with the wearer, their mood and the story unfolding around them.
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